10 Awesome Words We Don’t Have In English

Considering that the Eskimos have 100 words for snow, it seems pretty amazing that Americans haven’t come up with a word that conveys “a face in need of a fist.” Fortunately, other countries have! (It’s Backpfeifengesicht in German.) Here are ten more great words that we don’t have an English equivalent for:

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To suffer from spiritual anguish without any specific cause.

In English, translates to “EMO”.

Kellie

Toska – Russian Slide 6 of 11 prev next
To suffer from spiritual anguish without any specific cause.

In English, translates to “EMO”.

Cat

“Hygge” is as much Norwegian as Danish

Willian

“Saudade” in Portuguese, is a special word for the feeling that we have when we miss someone. It’s the only language in the world that have a word for that feeling. Romantic, not ?

Jessica

“To call a phone once and hang up, hoping the other person will call back”

Does no one else call this “pranking”? Instead of getting out the car and ringing the doorbell, just “Prank me when you’re outside!”. Although I guess that doesn’t need a call back.

Miscinnamon

We have this “To call a phone once and hang up, hoping the other person will call back” verb in French, it’s called “biper”, like let the phone “bip” once (one ring in fact) before hanging up, and waiting to be called back.

it’s a favorite among the always broke teenagers or friends who never seem to have anough credit ^^’